Euan’s fine form sees runner settle for bronze
Kilbarchan athlete lands another medal at Stirling 10k
Habbies runner Euan Gillham bagged bronze in breezy conditions at the Scottish 10k road championship in Stirling.
Dundee Hawkhill Harriers athlete Kristian Jones cantered to victory by 50 seconds, while Cambuslang’s Grant Sheldon (30:46) – last year’s winner – then led home a string of six runners all within 30 seconds.
Gillham of Kilbarchan (30:48) took the bronze with Alistair Hay (Central – 30:55), Kenny Wilson (Moray – 31:05) and Sean Fontana (VPCoG – 31:14) following close behind.
Fontana was pushed all the way by under-20 champion James Donald (31:15).
Gillham’s success follows a good showing in the Paisley 10k, where he ran to gold in front of a home crowd.
Elsewhere, Shettleston’s Fionnuala Ross led the women’s contest from start to finish to retain her title and make it four golds in a row in this event.
The top M40 master was Ian Reid of Cambuslang (32:38). Cambuslang (38pts) also took the men’s team title from Central (49) and Edinburgh AC (64).
Ross took her latest women’s title in 34:05 ahead of Fife’s Stephie Pennycook (34:38).
Jo Williams ( Lothian AC 35: 43) came through in the last mile to take bronze ahead of Jenny Bannerman (Inverness 35:57).
Kilbarchan’s Elspeth Curran (36:11) also produced an impressive performance and Masters W40 champion Avril Mason (Shettleston 36:19) in pursuit.
Edinburgh AC ( 36), Metro Aberdeen (47) and Fife AC (57) were the women’s team medallists.
A scottishathletics spokesman added: “Once again a big thankyou goes out to Central AC and all their volunteers for staging this race. Details on the 2k fun run are included in the results section via the website.”